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{{short description|1986 Telugu film starring Chiranjeevi}}
{{short description|1986 Telugu film starring Chiranjeevi}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Chanakya Sapatham
| native_name    = {{film name|Telugu|చాణక్య శపథం}}
| image          = Chanakya Shapatham.jpg
| image          = Chanakya Shapatham.jpg
| alt            =  
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| screenplay    = K. Raghavendra Rao
| screenplay    = K. Raghavendra Rao
| story          = [[Paruchuri Brothers]]
| story          = [[Paruchuri Brothers]]
| based_on      = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| starring      = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br/>[[Vijayashanti]]<br/>[[Rao Gopal Rao]]
| starring      = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br/>[[Vijayashanti]]<br/>[[Rao Gopala Rao]]
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
| music          = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]
| music          = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]
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| language      = Telugu
| language      = Telugu
}}
}}
'''''Chanakya Sapatham''''' ({{translation|''Chanakya's oath''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Telugu language]] [[action film]] starring [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Rao Gopal Rao]] and [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]], produced  by [[D. V. S. Raju]] and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=C|first=Narayana Rao|date=1987-01-02|title=మరో చిరంజీవి మార్కు చిత్రం - చాణక్య శపథం|language=te|trans-title=Film with Chiranjeevi's Mark: Chanakya Sapatham|work=[[Zamin Ryot]]|url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Jan/2-jan-1987.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-04}}</ref>
'''''Chanakya Shapatham''''' ({{translation|''Chanakya's vow''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Telugu language]] [[action film]] starring [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Rao Gopal Rao]] and [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]], produced  by [[D. V. S. Raju]] and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=C |first=Narayana Rao |date=2 January 1987 |title=మరో చిరంజీవి మార్కు చిత్రం - చాణక్య శపథం |trans-title=Film with Chiranjeevi's Mark: Chanakya Sapatham |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Jan/2-jan-1987.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913111725/http://zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Jan/2-jan-1987.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2016 |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=[[Zamin Ryot]] |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2021 |title=35 ఏళ్ళ ‘చాణక్య శపథం’ |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/chanukya-shapatham-has-completed-35-years-105774.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108063815/https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/chanukya-shapatham-has-completed-35-years-105774.html |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=[[NTV (India)|NTV]] |language=te}}</ref>


The film has musical score by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]. The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with director Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : [[Adavi Donga]] and [[Kondaveeti Raja]]. However, unlike their previous ventures Chanakya Sapatham was a critical and commercial disappointment. [[Paruchuri brothers]] had scripted all the three films.
The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : ''[[Adavi Donga]]'' and ''[[Kondaveeti Raja]]''. However, unlike their previous ventures, ''Chanakya Shapatham'' was a critical and commercial failure. [[Paruchuri brothers]] had scripted all three films.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Chanakya ([[Chiranjeevi]]), a Customs officer at airport is the son of a Military Major ([[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]]) who is about to be awarded Padmasree for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana (Rao Gopal Rao) and in retaliation they prove that Chanakya's father is smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Vijayasanthi is the airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.
Chanakya, a customs officer at an airport, is the son of a Military Major who is about to be awarded [[Padma Shri]] for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana, and in retaliation they frame Chanakya's father for smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Shashirekha, an airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{|class="wikitable"  
{|class="wikitable"  
|-  
|-  
!Actor
!Actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chanakya Sapadam |url=https://indiancine.ma/AASV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108052456/https://indiancine.ma/AASV/info |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2024 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
!Role
!Role
|-
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|-
|-
| [[Vijayashanti]]  
| [[Vijayashanti]]  
| Sasirekha "Sasi"
| Shashirekha "Shashi" (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)
|-
|-
| [[Rao Gopala Rao]]
| [[Rao Gopal Rao]]
| Rana
| Rana
|-
|-
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| Major Nagarjuna  
| Major Nagarjuna  
|-
|-
| Annapurna  
| [[Annapurna (actress)|Annapurna]]
| Chanakya's mother  
| Janaki, Chanakya's mother  
|-
|-
| [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]
| [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]
| Rana's son
| Chakri, Rana's son
|-
|-
| Suthivelu
| [[Suthi Velu]]
|  
| Yugandhar
|-
|-
| Kantha Rao
|[[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]]
|
|Chitti
|-
|-
| Ranganath
| [[Kantha Rao]]
|
|Shashi's father
|-
|-
| Chalapathi Rao
|[[Suryakantham (actress)|Suryakantham]]
|  
|Durgamma
|-
|[[Rajyalakshmi]]
|Savithri
|-
|[[Sakshi Ranga Rao]]
|Dr. Arogyam
|-
| [[Ranganath (actor)|Ranganath]]
|Ranga
|-
|Chidathala Apparao
|Jacky
|-
|[[Chitti Babu (Telugu actor)|Chitti Babu]]
|Kaky
|-
| [[Chalapathi Rao]]
| Damodharam, Senior Customs Officer
|-
|-
| Eswara Rao
| Eswara Rao
|
|Shashi's brother
|-
|[[Y. Vijaya]]
|Shashi's sister-in-law
|-
|-
| [[Bob Christo]]  
| [[Bob Christo]]  
|
|Nero, Diamonds Smuggler
|}
|}


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
The music was composed by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chanakya Sapadham (1986) |url=https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/chanakya-sapadham-songs-A0003843 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108064048/https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/chanakya-sapadham-songs-A0003843 |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=en}}</ref>{{tracklist
| name        = Chanakya Sapatham
| headline      = Track listing
| artist      = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]
| extra_column  = Singer(s)
| cover        =  
| title1       = Mellaga Alluko
| genre        = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| extra1       = [[S. P. Balu]], [[S. Janaki]]
| type        = Soundtrack
| title2       = Vari Vari Varichelo
| length      = 17:03
| extra2       = S. P. Balu, S. Janaki
| label        =  
| title3       = Soku Thotalo
| producer    =  
| extra3       = S. P. Balu, S. Janaki
| prev_title  =  
| title4       = Vedi Vedi Valupulu
| prev_year    =
| extra4       = S. P. Balu
| next_title  =  
| extra5       = S. P. Balu, [[P. Susheela]]
| next_year    =  
| title5       = Nee Banda Bada
| alt          =  
| released    = 1986
| recorded    = 1986
}}
{{tracklist
| title1 = Mellaga Alluko
| extra1 =  
| title2 = Vari Vari Varichelo
| extra2 =
| title3 = Soku Thotalo
| extra3 =
| title4 = Vedi Vedi Valupulu
| extra4 =
| extra5 =
| title5 = Nee Banda Bada
}}
}}


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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt0245827}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|chanakya_shapadham}}


{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}
{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}


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[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 4 March 2026


Chanakya Sapatham
Poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Produced byD. V. S. Raju
Screenplay byK. Raghavendra Rao
Story byParuchuri Brothers
StarringChiranjeevi
Vijayashanti
Rao Gopal Rao
Music byChakravarthy
CinematographyK. S. Prakash
Edited byKotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
Production
company
D. V. S. Productions
Release date
  • 18 December 1986 (1986-12-18)
Running time
2 hours 28 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Chanakya Shapatham (transl. Chanakya's vow) is a 1986 Indian Telugu language action film starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Rao Gopal Rao and Satyanarayana, produced by D. V. S. Raju and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1][2]

The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : Adavi Donga and Kondaveeti Raja. However, unlike their previous ventures, Chanakya Shapatham was a critical and commercial failure. Paruchuri brothers had scripted all three films.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Chanakya, a customs officer at an airport, is the son of a Military Major who is about to be awarded Padma Shri for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana, and in retaliation they frame Chanakya's father for smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Shashirekha, an airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Actor[3] Role
Chiranjeevi Chanakya
Vijayashanti Shashirekha "Shashi" (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)
Rao Gopal Rao Rana
Kaikala Satyanarayana Major Nagarjuna
Annapurna Janaki, Chanakya's mother
Sudhakar Chakri, Rana's son
Suthi Velu Yugandhar
Sri Lakshmi Chitti
Kantha Rao Shashi's father
Suryakantham Durgamma
Rajyalakshmi Savithri
Sakshi Ranga Rao Dr. Arogyam
Ranganath Ranga
Chidathala Apparao Jacky
Chitti Babu Kaky
Chalapathi Rao Damodharam, Senior Customs Officer
Eswara Rao Shashi's brother
Y. Vijaya Shashi's sister-in-law
Bob Christo Nero, Diamonds Smuggler

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by Chakravarthy.[4]

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Mellaga Alluko"  S. P. Balu, S. Janaki  
2. "Vari Vari Varichelo"  S. P. Balu, S. Janaki  
3. "Soku Thotalo"  S. P. Balu, S. Janaki  
4. "Vedi Vedi Valupulu"  S. P. Balu  
5. "Nee Banda Bada"  S. P. Balu, P. Susheela  

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ C, Narayana Rao (2 January 1987). "మరో చిరంజీవి మార్కు చిత్రం - చాణక్య శపథం" [Film with Chiranjeevi's Mark: Chanakya Sapatham] (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in తెలుగు). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "35 ఏళ్ళ 'చాణక్య శపథం'". NTV (in తెలుగు). 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Chanakya Sapadam". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 20 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Chanakya Sapadham (1986)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links[edit | edit source]

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